Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56388456fe483c9c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-07-01 22:58:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8f380adc2231a299f05239c63da455da SHA-1: 5c3ecc7fd6158b635a15407fdf95b6eb05df28b5 SHA-256: 56388456fe483c9cda65939370f56b5b1703e71a94a9a9fdd64f141e6f3cfea9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate that the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to various URLs hosted on potentially compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zapefemeke.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6baee457c---61442780994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://big-blue-bus.com/pics/fotos/1/file/fixiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82735d042cbb339ddf45975a000be476/wemisuzudivirar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5c1ca5ed8c722adbcda05db85da89c9/16887531383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivaibonomo.it/userfiles/files/xagodosibekerajumupes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe080e66093d08f9c0ac0559810c87e3/89954445676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0584e29c4c4ddb23dd08fcd9ceeb304/48348790478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/72447617337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/milotamebolarasoxafalezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6a65148f1---85993009834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/xobunitonaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22d120a07c---pegabofopolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semineebrasov.ro/printuri-fi/files/taserosis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisetourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210614_A6AD3CB9B426BF5E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinka.ru/userfiles/file/74901985574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c3a67077f639d159cf12248f36a880c/bamivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simplehome.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79679412645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607309f52625a---dajesurum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609733368c10c---80198192756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanumed.ro/uploads/files/5839451562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b572022832a---3788820235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/646d1bb893c8d273015ce2424fb102aa/roxowineviwon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=hermione+is+draco%27s+sister+fanficPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000102c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011adc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ADC 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 8eab3ae879046e8472f9b3e05f654805391eda841e55b8613083373035a00576
font_02_sfnt_off00013321.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13321 17652 bytes
SHA-256: 9bd7df1587fb5547c3067c8fe061ed3e9c3bcf2dabea2e2422a17e6775ed816a